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kevin bailey wrote:
Steve Marvell wrote:It's generally been my opinion that programming is 90% ability to break down problems and understanding computers and 10% language syntax.yep - me too.
I know what you mean, but perhaps it is I keep switching languages for different projects, but I find knowing the object libraries is a major headache for my brain. My involvement in a VB 4 project (It started in VB 3) finished before I'd even managed to work through the Biblio example and master the data bound controls. When you master the bundled object libraries then there are the 3rd party ones. I know programmers are alledgedly faster working from a blank sheet in many circumstances, but quality components can change how you approach a program completely. One programmer I worked with managed to make a mistake implementing a stack! (He wasn't very good but he was technical lead - eek - as he knew the problem domain). Annoyingly we were using a third party Java library that had a very efficient stack, in the end it needed some extra features so I extended vector from the same library, but that little bug slowed everything right down. Maybe I just didn't do enough programming to get very good at it, most of the coding work has been in maintaining systems rather than build from scratch. I got really good at debugging Fortran 66 (And earlier flavours) at one point. People who write object libraries seem to think they can draw one (or three) huge posters with loads of detail to put on the wall and you'll just see what is available. -- Are you using the Internet to best effect ? www.eighth-layer.com Tel: +44(0)1395 232769 ICQ: 116952768 Moderated discussion of teleworking at news:uk.business.telework -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.